As autumn sleds into winter, winners of the Cape Cod Times Poetry Contest all contain a sense of departure ― even a touch of melancholy: Leaves die in fiery splendor, edged in golden sunlight. Poet ...

"They’s something kindo’ harty-like about the atmusfereWhen the heat of summer’s over and the coolin’ fall is here—Of course ...

As part of a series of seasonal conversations and poetry, Todd Moe spoke with Vermont poet David Crews about his poems and their connections to... Oct 18, 2023 — As part of a series of seasonal ...

The fall pond cheerless, the water clear, I fish from a small boat drifting here. Tiny blue ripples roll through the mist, The wind, the leaves fly past with the year. From a deep blue sky hang rows ...

For Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the road that began at age twenty led inexorably to the consolations of wombats, whiskey, chloral, and the culmination of the grave. From our vantage point, this poem falls ...

Sara Teasdale (1884–1933) is the kind of poet who grows on the reader the more she is read. A native of St. Louis, she lived much of her adult life in New York before her suicide at age 49. From her ...

We're going to Circadia today. The Box Elder bugs will lead the way.. Minutes of sunshine will go away. Losing out in the new autumn day.. Leaves are falling to the ground. Plante ...

Here, for this season of school and football–and also of terror–is Rosanna Warren's poem, "Child's Room in Autumn:" The scene is about order, the maple tree a conflagration trapped in the rectangle of ...